U21 World League

Hippo Pool
Spectators: 7688 (Terracing: 5767, Seating: 1768, VIP seats: 153) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Marc Pell got the match started through his kick off. 5 minutes into the match, Christian Demmel had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Svajūnas Božys. Savage Hippo's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Christian Demmel was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. The supporters of BiBa booed when Savage Hippo was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 18 match minutes in a wonderful position. Edmundas Kšanavičius didn't get a good kick on the ball. Norman-Alexander Kühnemund made a fantastic save in the 20th minute, when Laurynas Šarkauskas sent off a good shot on target. The supporters of Savage Hippo booed when BiBa was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 21 match minutes in a wonderful position. Robin Hörnes didn't get a good kick on the ball. Norman-Alexander Kühnemund made an important save on a dangerous shot by Romualdas Podėris in the 25th minute. In the 27th minute, Marc Pell left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The BiBa fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-4. Marc Pell sent away a hard shot on goal in the 33rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 38 minutes, Adolfas Karpis mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Savage Hippo and the BiBa players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 38 played minutes Savage Hippo got a freekick which was hit by Adolfas Karpis. When Ulf Schilder fell near the penalty area in the 39th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored BiBa's protests and gave Ulf Schilder a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of Savage Hippo booed when BiBa was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 40 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ulf Schilder didn't get a good kick on the ball. Romualdas Podėris received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 44th minute. Norman-Alexander Kühnemund tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-4 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The wind increased when Romualdas Podėris made the kick off in the second half. Savage Hippo were furious when Simonas Balčys was red carded, 52 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. Robin Hörnes could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 62nd minute of the match, but Svajūnas Božys made a huge save. Savage Hippo's defense didn't have a chance, in the 65th minute, when Christian Demmel scored to the left of an out of position Svajūnas Božys, making the score, 0-6. Norman-Alexander Kühnemund made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alvydas Gabriūnas in the 70th minute of play. BiBa's Christian Demmel got a good chance for a goal in the 72nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Savage Hippo's Svajūnas Božys proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 74th minute of the match, managed to save Savage Hippo from getting a goal against them. 78 minutes into the match, Algimantas Zakaras notched a goal, 1-6, to the right of BiBa's Norman-Alexander Kühnemund. Norman-Alexander Kühnemund was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Marc Pell recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 87th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Svajūnas Božys showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ulf Schilder in the 91st minute of the match. Savage Hippo's Svajūnas Božys proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 94th minute of the match, managed to save Savage Hippo from getting a goal against them. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched BiBa eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.